Andrew Strauss says Kevin Pietersen is focused on task at hand

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Pietersen has been left out of England’s 30-man provisional squad for the World Twenty20 in Sri LankaEd Sykes/Action Images

John Stern

Last updated at 12:01AM, July 19 2012

Andrew Strauss hopes that a compromise can still be reached between Kevin
Pietersen and the ECB over the batsman’s limited-overs future.

However, Pietersen’s omission from England’s 30-man provisional squad for the
World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September and October makes this unlikely.
Pietersen’s representatives also confirmed that they do not consider a
rapprochement to be viable.

“It hasn’t been a distraction to us, it hasn’t entered our thinking,” Strauss
said on the eve of the first Investec Test match against South Africa.
“Kevin, as much as anyone, is determined to do well in this series and I
haven’t seen